Rolf, a hemiplegic, spends his days dozing on a sofa bed in his dusty apartment. On TV, he learns of a deadly pandemic sweeping around the globe. While the world around him falls apart, he bears witness to it on his screen with relish. When his nurse fails to visit him, Rolf realizes that his survival is anything but certain.

2021, short fiction, 23′, with Manfred Liechti, Meret Bodamer, Alireza Bayram, written and directed by Joël Jent and Ali Al-Fatlawi, produced by Sophia Rubischung for Aaron Film (Switzerland), coproduced by SRG SSR, Turnus Film, Frédéric Gonseth Productions, Cinédokké, A Blink Film, Urakypost Film Production and Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion, cinematography by Quinn Evan Reimann, sound by Mourad Keller & Joshua Roth & Ishmael Gresham, edited by Jann Anderegg, original score composed by Marcel Vaid, production design by Michael Baumgartner and Fabian Lüscher, Hair&Make-Up by Melanie Rohr, Picture Postproduction by Moritz Peters, Rolf Lang & Ali Al-Fatlawi, Sounddesign and Mix by Kurt Human

Awards

28th Int. Golden Beggar Film Festival 2022 – Jury Award / 27th Cine-Maniacs Filmfest 2023 – Honorable Mention / 22nd Common Good Film Festival 2023 – Best Short Film Award / 13th Awareness Festival 2022 – Merit Award of Awareness / 12th Balneário Camboriú Int. Film Festival 2022 – Best International Film / 12th Best Actors Film Festival 2022 – Best Actor Award / 9th Festival de Cine de Santa Cruz 2023 – Best Social Film Award / 5th Bristol Independent Film Festival 2022 – Best Foreign Film Award / 6th Festival internazionale Segni della notte 2022 – Mention for the Signs Award / 24th Vesuvius Int. Film Festival 2022 – Best Short Film (Covid-19) / 15th Short Film Factory 2022 – Best Social Change Film Award

Festivals (a selection)

29th San Antonio Film Festival 2023 / 28th Int. Film Festival Golden Beggar 2022 / 27th Cine-Maniacs Filmfest 2023 / 24th Vesuvius Int. Film Festival 2022 / 23rd Fargo Film Festival 2023 / 22nd Common Good Int. Film Festival 2023 / 20th Int. Festival Signes de Nuit 2022 / 19th Macon Film Festival 2023 / 18th San Francisco Frozen Film Festival 2023 / 15th Pittsburgh Independent Film Festival 2023 / 15th Media Film Festival 2023 / 15th Short Film Factory 2022 / 14th San José Int. Short Film Festival 2022 / 13th Awareness Festival 2022 / 13th Karama Human Rights Film Festival 2022 / 13th Pune Short Film Festival 2023 / 12th Balneário Camboriú Int. Film Festival 2022 / 12th Short Film Breaks 2023 / 12th Oaxaca FilmFest 2022 / 12th Best Actors Film Festival 2022 / 11th Int. Social Change Film Festival 2022 / 11th Breaking Down Barriers Film Festival 2022 / 10th Jozi Film Festival Johannesburg 2021 / 10th Shawna Shea Film Festival 2022 / 9th Festival de Cine de Santa Cruz 2023 / 5th Bristol Independent Film Festival 2022 / 7th Care Awards 2022 / 6th Festival internazionale Segni della notte 2022 / El Gouna Film Festival SpringBoard 2021 / Doha Film Institute Qumra 2022